The Ministry of Education answered reporters' questions on the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ideological and Political Courses in Primary and Secondary Schools in the New Era"

　　Comprehensively promote the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools

　　——The head of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education answered reporters' questions on the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ideological and Political Courses in Primary and Secondary Schools in the New Era"

　　Recently, the Ministry of Education issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening the Construction of Ideological and Political Courses in Primary and Secondary Schools in the New Era" (hereinafter referred to as "Opinions").

The person in charge of the Department of Basic Education of the Ministry of Education answered questions from reporters on the relevant content of the "Opinions".

　　1. What is the background of the "Opinions"?

　　A: The first is to thoroughly implement the decisions and arrangements of the CPC Central Committee.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has attached great importance to the construction of ideological and political courses in schools, and has emphasized promoting the reform and innovation of ideological and political theory courses. We must make good use of "big ideological and political courses" and must combine it with reality.

In April this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping especially emphasized during his inspection at Renmin University of China, "Whether the ideological and political theory course can play its due role in building morality and cultivating people depends on whether or not to pay attention to it, adapt to it, and do it well." .

In 2021, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening and Improving Ideological and Political Work in the New Era", clearly proposing to accelerate the construction of a school's ideological and political work system.

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that "the foundation of educating people lies in morality", "educate people with socialist core values, improve the ideological and political work system, and promote the integration of ideological and political education in universities, middle and primary schools".

Education departments and primary and secondary schools should closely link the actual situation, and earnestly promote the implementation.

　　The second is to focus on solving outstanding problems.

In recent years, schools in various places have earnestly promoted the reform and innovation of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools, the quality of ideological and political courses has been continuously improved, the spirit of the majority of primary and secondary school students has been positive, and the role of educating people has been effectively brought into play.

However, there are still some problems that need to be solved urgently in the construction of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools. In some places and schools, the understanding of the importance of ideological and political courses is not in place, the teaching resources of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools are not rich and fresh enough, and the overall quality of the teaching staff is not enough. It needs to be further improved, and the effect of classroom teaching and practical education needs to be enhanced.

To solve these problems, it is necessary to further deepen the reform of ideological and political courses, strengthen the construction of ideological and political course teachers in primary and secondary schools, and enhance the attractiveness of ideological and political course teaching.

　　2. Please briefly introduce the development process of the "Opinions"?

　　A: The development process of the "Opinions" mainly went through four stages:

　　The first is to conduct comprehensive research.

Since last year, in the name of the Secretary Bureau of the Central Education Leading Group Secretary Group, it has conducted written investigations in various provinces, and conducted field investigations in 12 provinces including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Jilin, Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hunan, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Qinghai. , held more than 20 symposiums to listen to opinions and suggestions, comprehensively understand the construction of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools in various places, and deeply analyze the outstanding problems.

　　The second is to gather practical experience.

In view of several prominent problems such as the high proportion of part-time teachers in ideological and political courses, the lack of professional ability, the phenomenon of courses being crowded out, and the lack of abundant teaching resources, please summarize and take action in Tianjin, Shanghai, Guangdong, Henan, Chongqing, Nanjing, Chengdu and other places. Effective experience and practice, research and put forward targeted measures and policy recommendations.

　　The third is to conscientiously develop documents.

According to the research situation and the work measures and policy suggestions put forward by various places, the guiding ideology, work principles, work objectives, work measures and safeguard measures were further clarified, and the opinion text was studied and drafted.

　　Fourth, it is repeatedly revised and improved.

After the first draft was formed, several symposiums were held to solicit opinions and suggestions from ideological and political experts, administrators, teaching and research personnel, party secretaries of primary and secondary schools, principals, and front-line teachers, and extensively solicited opinions from 32 provincial education departments and made multiple revisions. Complete.

After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China was held, it was revised and improved again according to the relevant new formulations and new requirements in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

　　3. What are the general requirements set forth in the "Opinions"?

　　A: In terms of guiding ideology, under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, strengthen the Party's overall leadership over the construction of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools, fully implement the Party's educational policy, implement the fundamental task of building morality and cultivating people, and actively cultivate and Practice the core socialist values, promote the integration of ideological and political education in universities, middle and primary schools, and give full play to the role of key courses in ideological and political courses.

　　In terms of work principles, the first is to highlight the key position, take the construction of ideological and political courses as an important part of building a high-quality education system and school ideological work, and integrate it into the whole process and all aspects of school talent training.

The second is to strengthen the overall implementation, improve the ideological and political education system of universities, middle and primary schools, give full play to the educating function of ideological and political courses and various courses, and promote the collaborative education of school "small classrooms", social "big classrooms" and online "cloud classrooms" .

The third is to adhere to the problem orientation, strengthen the teaching management and teaching research of ideological and political courses, improve teaching content, enrich teaching resources, strengthen practical education, focus on improving the full-time professional level of ideological and political teachers, and further promote the connotation development of ideological and political courses. Improve the appeal of ideological and political courses.

The fourth is to deepen reform and innovation, follow the laws of ideological and political work, education and teaching, and the laws of student growth, adhere to integrity and innovation, improve systems and mechanisms, and innovate methods and approaches, effectively enhance the ideological and political courses of the times, pertinence and effectiveness, and vigorously promote ideological and political courses. Course reform and development.

　　In terms of work goals, it is proposed that by 2025, the key position of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools will be further strengthened and the construction level will be improved in an all-round way.

Classroom vitality is fully stimulated, high-quality curriculum resources are more abundant, and practical teaching is carried out in depth.

The full-time professionalization level of the ideological and political course teachers has been significantly improved, the "big ideological and political course" system has been improved, the evaluation mechanism has been basically improved, and the overall quality of ideological and political courses has been significantly improved.

　　4. What are the main measures proposed in the "Opinions"?

　　A: The "Opinions" put forward important measures in five aspects: First, deepen the innovation of teaching management, and focus on strengthening the key position of ideological and political courses.

Including opening full class hours, implementing course content, and innovating teaching methods.

According to the national curriculum plan, the specific weekly class hours are clarified, and the full opening of ideological and political courses is regarded as a serious political discipline and teaching discipline; the content of the course textbooks and the "Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era Student Reader" are implemented, and the current affairs resources are paid attention to. ; Insist on taking good reasoning as the essential requirement, and strive to enhance the effectiveness of classroom teaching.

The second is to enrich the teaching resources of courses and focus on solving the problem of insufficient teaching auxiliary resources.

It includes gathering high-quality course resources, enriching social practice resources, and making good use of digital resource platforms.

Select and launch a batch of ideological and political "quality courses", strengthen the construction of high-quality teaching auxiliary resource packages and loose-leaf, handouts and other resources; improve the practical teaching mechanism of ideological and political courses, and establish a number of practical teaching bases for ideological and political courses; expand the national smart education platform for primary and secondary schools function to promote the co-construction and sharing of high-quality resources.

The third is to strengthen the construction of teaching staff, and focus on solving the problems of high proportion of part-time teachers and insufficient professional ability.

Including strengthening the allocation of full-time teachers, improving the professional level of teachers, and optimizing the incentive mechanism for teachers.

Coordinate the use of the staff establishment of primary and secondary schools, effectively guarantee the allocation of full-time teachers in ideological and political courses, and regulate the selection of part-time teachers; establish a rotation training system for teachers of ideological and political courses, improve the off-campus practical education system, and encourage and support teachers to pursue ideological and political education majors and develop Research on key and difficult problems in teaching; in all kinds of excellent selection work, it is appropriately inclined to teachers of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools, and vigorously selects advanced models.

The fourth is to improve the working mechanism of teaching and research, and focus on solving the problem of insufficient support for teaching and research.

Including strengthening the construction of teaching and research teams, and innovating teaching and research methods.

Equipped with full-time ideological and political teaching and research staff in different sections, and incorporating the training of ideological and political teaching and research staff into the "national training plan" for teachers; strengthening professional guidance and leadership, establishing a teaching and research community for ideological and political teachers, and extensively conducting online teaching and research, distance teaching and research And cross-regional teaching and research, encourage qualified teaching and research institutions, primary and secondary schools and party schools at all levels, Marxist colleges in colleges and universities, cadre training colleges, etc. to cooperate in the teaching and research of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools.

The fifth is to build a large ideological and political course system, and strive to form an overall synergy of ideological and political work.

Including improving the ideological and political level of the curriculum, innovating the way of moral education, strengthening the construction of campus culture, etc.

The provincial education administrative departments are required to study and formulate the guidelines for moral education in primary and secondary schools, and give full play to the moral education functions of each discipline; schools in various regions are required to study and formulate implementation plans for moral education work, carry out various theme education activities, and improve the school family society. Education mechanism, in-depth development of students' mental health education;

　　5. How to implement the "Opinions"?

　　A: First, we must strengthen the overall leadership of the party.

It is necessary to take improving the quality of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools as a major political task, and conscientiously implement the requirements that the construction of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools should be included in the assessment of leading groups of party committees at all levels and political inspections.

Second, we must strengthen supervision and evaluation.

Take the construction of ideological and political courses as an important part of the evaluation of regional education quality, school running quality and student development quality, and regularly supervise and evaluate the construction and teaching quality of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools.

Third, create a good working atmosphere.

Increase the positive publicity and public opinion guidance of ideological and political courses in primary and secondary schools, and strive to form a good atmosphere in which all aspects of society care and support ideological and political courses, teachers seriously teach ideological and political courses, and students actively learn ideological and political courses.